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Being: At The Threshold
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-21)What does it mean to have a transcendent experience, and what does architecture have to do with it? What is ineffable space? Philosphers such as Martin Heidegger and Gaston Bachelard would argue that a true, meaningful ... -
Beluga Whale Detection in the Cumberland Sound Bay using Convolutional Neural Networks
(Taylor and Francis, 2021-03-29)The Cumberland Sound Beluga is a threatened population of belugas and the assessment of the population is done by a manual review of aerial surveys. The time-consuming and labour-intensive nature of this job motivates the ... -
A Bench-scale Evaluation of the Removal of Selected Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products by UV and UV/H₂O₂ in Drinking Water Treatment
(University of Waterloo, 2006-12-22)A bench-scale study of the degradation of four selected pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) was carried out using UV and UV/H₂O₂ treatment employing low pressure (LP) and medium pressure (MP) lamps. The ... -
Benchmarking the Sustainability of Sludge Handling Systems in Small Wastewater Treatment Plants in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-20)This project quantitatively benchmarked all aspects of sludge handling in a cross-section of small wastewater treatment plants across Ontario. Using plant operational data and on-site measurements, a variety of sustainability ... -
Benders Decomposition for Profit Maximizing Hub Location Problems with Capacity Allocation
(2019-06)This paper models capacity allocation decisions within profit maximizing hub location problems to satisfy demand of commodities from different market segments. A strong deterministic formulation of the problem is presented ... -
Benefits and Costs of Restriction: A Comparison of Unrestricted, Restricted Gift Card Spending and Cash Spending
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)Archival data of unrestricted and restricted gift card transactions was compared with national level consumer spending data from both the U.S. and Canada to investigate the similarities and differences in purchase pattern. ... -
Beni Atlas': An interface for the informal city
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-16)A map is a chart or diagram that uses spatial relationships to communicate information. Through the medium of the map a desired goal can be impressed on people’s minds as a first step to changing the environment. The history ... -
Best Productivity Practices Implementation Index (BPPII) for Infrastructure Projects
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-22)According to the Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, “productivity isn’t everything, but in the long-run it is almost everything”. It is unfortunate that the productivity in the construction industry has lagged behind the ... -
Beta-Testing Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-29)In the field of architecture, designers traditionally show their building concepts for design analysis mainly through static renderings. The problem with static renderings is that they don’t show us how and if buildings ... -
Between Four Walls and City Streets: Urban Challenges and Domestic Adaptations
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-22)The practices of domesticity within the city have expanded the understanding of ‘home’ to encompass a broad range of spaces beyond the physical boundaries of the dwelling. The city itself, by means of its own inherent ... -
Between Indias
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-10)Cultural identity today has become deterritorialized. As mass migration, mobility and interconnectivity between peoples and regions have increased, connections to geographical roots have loosened. People today are enmeshed ... -
Between Technological Flesh and the Technological Field: A phenomenology of the domestic interior
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)Swift and radical technological change necessitates a re-appraisal of the phenomenology of the house. Canonical phenomenology often has been technologically averse and the phenomenological appraisal of the house, as offered ... -
Between the Temporal and the Eternal Falls the Shadow
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-19)This thesis is composed of a number of fragments, each revealing an aspect of the dynamic, complex and reciprocal relationship that we form with architecture. Architecture is brought to life through the animation of ... -
Beyond an Eyesore: Re-Imagining Scarborough’s Strip Malls as a Network of Public Spaces
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-23)This thesis celebrates the vitality and public life of the post war era strip malls located in Toronto’s inner suburb of Scarborough. These spaces are ritualistically utilitarian and informal social destinations due to ... -
Beyond Genius Loci: An Analysis of Architectural Design Strategies of Place
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-17)This thesis explores the contributive role of the genius locus, or “spirit of place”, in the identity of cities and the production of meaningful places. The research addresses the analysis of genius loci as historical ... -
Beyond Natural Language Processing: Advancing Software Engineering Tasks through Code Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-25)Machine learning-based approaches have been widely used to address natural language processing (NLP) problems. Considering the similarities between natural language text and source code, researchers have been working on ... -
Beyond Shelters: An Urban Based Model to Alleviate Homelessness
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-16)The historic connection between homelessness and severe economic depression has disappeared as a shortage of affordable decent housing prevails even during periods of strong economic growth. New factors such as the ... -
Beyond the Dataset: Understanding Sociotechnical Aspects of the Knowledge Discovery Process Among Modern Data Professionals
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-01)Data professionals are among the most sought-out professionals in today’s industry. Although the skillsets and training can vary among these professionals, there is some consensus that a combination of technical and ... -
Beyond the Minimum: A Durable Emergency Shelter
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-17)The number of states requiring humanitarian assistance after a disaster has doubled every decade since 1960. Extreme weather like flooding and violent storms associated with climate change are predicted to continue to ... -
Beyond Utility: Analyzing Unseen Infrastructures of Necromobility
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-06)The year 2020 was unprecedented on varying accounts but will undoubtedly be remembered by a global pandemic bringing the world to a shuddering halt. As nations scrambled to flatten the outbreak’s curve, the virus tested ...